Thirsty Thursday

It's hot outside, I've mowed all the yard, and the edges of the road - sooo nasty!! So I've downed several glasses of sweet tea!!! YUM! The summer is passing fast, BUT I am definitely enjoying my off time!!! Next week, Royce & I will go to Branson to be with his family while KJ is at church camp at Panfork! Kristen will try to come in from Amarillo Sunday for Father's Day after a photography wedding on Sat. night in Amarillo. Keri & Lance, exspecting in Jan. !!!! are doing well in Waco, tho the heat is really an adjustment for Lance, who's working outside on construction and lawns as a volunteer coordinator for Waco's "habitat for humanities". Keri needs prayer on working 12 hr. night shifts. Fortunately, no morning sickness! We are all thoroughly excited about the baby!

Wordless Wednesday, no can't do it, ha ha

I can't wordless Wednesday, cause I haven't blogged in weeks!!! Busy, busy! The Friday school was out, May 29th, a high school buddy, Jenny & I headed for Breckingridge to Jackie's house to meet up with fourth gf, Cindy, & we had a great 2 days of reminescing, eating, quilt shop shopping, antique store looking in Albany, eating, reminescing, hiking, playing games, eating!!! It was great! Then I left Sunday morning to head towards Waco, & stopped in Dublin to see my niece, Daresa, & she & Matt's home. Matt was off roping in Stephenville - he turns 30 this month & Daresa's throwing him a wing-ding party!
Arrived Waco at 2pm & entered a labyrinth apartment of boxes, hammers, nails, hammers, tape measures, and STUFF, eight people, 1 dog, and still got fed a late lunch! By night fall, all but 6 or 8 small boxes of stuff were repositioned into a wonderland of beauty & we went to Jason's Deli for supper. Keri & Lance are moved into their new apt. in Waco. Keri started orientation at Providence Hospital on Monday & Lance is a coordinator for volunteers to an organization in Waco similar to "Habitat for Humanity". He's doing construction & lawn care. PJ, the dog, is settling nicely into his new life. I get to dogsit when Keri & Lance, his mom and sister go on their mission trip 2 weeks to Africa in July. I left Waco Wed. morning & headed to Decatur to see my oldest brother & took him to eat with family. I arrived home in Wheeler Wed. night. I started preparing for VBS which is going great this week! I took KJ & 3 other players to WT's position basketball camp & brought Kristen home with me & she & I painted bathrooms & the treehouse. She will have her 10 year high school reunion here at our house this weekend & Janet & I are taking Stacie & KJ to OU bball camp this weekend. Also, I'm quilting Kristen's t-shirt quilt. It's coming along nicely - just giving me a few stretching problems where I'm tearing out a few seams!! I've got to get ready for VBS, so ta ta. I'll tack on some pics later. Tell me what you're busy doing this summer. I'm doing gardening also.

Titus 2 Tuesday

My Titus 2 Tuesday woman of the week is my MOMMY-In-Law! She is fantabulous!!! We went to her house this last Sunday to celebrate her birthday - today - Happy Birthday, Mom! - and Mother's Day for her. She sent home her birthday cake and a homemade apple pie with us!!!!! She fixed the meal: roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, green beans, corn, and other homemade apple pies! She is always so hospitable, loving, kind, gracious, forgiving, loyal, and wonderful. She's a hoot. We taught her to play "Booger" & she likes it. She studies and KNOWS her Bible and the scriptures! She has taught homebound ladies Sunday school lessons and studies hard for the Sunday school class she has at FBC Dumas, TX. She has ALWAYS treated me as a daughter, NOT a daughter-in-law, as she does all her in-laws. She is a special baby sister to her siblings, always checking on them and going to see them. She ADORES, LOVES, and SPOILS her grandchildren (8) and great-grandchildren (9). She does and does and does for people. She is a loving wife and mother to her husband and children. Ruth Maxine Marion is a very special lady in my life and a wonderful Christian woman who loves God and shows it through her love for everybody else. Love you, Mom, Claudia

Yea! Tenacity!!! With Monday Musings!

Yea, I finally got my header on!!! Karen Noles, our school tech lady, helped me downsize the pixels, & it finally loaded! I had the background changed to gray once to match the header, but it won't stay, & it's hard to match the wild green garden on the sides. I tried to change it, the skin I think its called, & my computer was so slow, I did give up on that. We had the Sports Banquet tonight. KJ got MVP in basketball!!! I'm so proud of her. She also got Academic Athlete. The Sophomore girls made their statement with converse & dresses - remember Kristen's sophomore prom, Amanda - prom dress & tennis shoes with knee brace after January ACL surgery. Tomorrow night is a steak dinner by the school board & Wed. night is dinner at church, so I'm out of cooking for most of this week. Hooray!

Saturday's Sadness

Well, this has been quite a day. Royce & I finished a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle. He rarely does that - but, he really got hooked on this one of 2 parakeets. Jigsaw puzzles are like TAKS tests, exit tests & pace tests - you have to learn "how" to take the test. With puzzles, you have to learn the jig and the jag of the puzzle! All puzzles are cut differently. This one was impossible, almost, or I'm getting bad sighted!! But, we hang in there TENACIOUSLY and finished, which brings me to the title of my blog - Saturday's Sadness. It's been a good day, but I'm sad that after 2 hours on the internet, I have not been able to post my new playlist or my new header, and I have managed to delete my old playlist. However, right now I am listening to my new playlist, but it's like the header & playlist, I can find them, I just can't put them where I want them!!! I called Robyn Smith this morning to help me get my header posted, and she helped me get it to my Apple, but for some reason it just keeps loading & never stops loading - (I left it for 30 minutes to load, nope-it never did!) The good thing is, like putting the puzzle together, I am tenacious enough NOT to give up. I'll take my Apple to Dumas tomorrow & see if Keri or Kristen can help me out.

Also, today I attended Debra Fin's 50th birthday celebration & Wheeler's Jr/Sr banquet. The food was DELICIOUS!!, catered by Alexander's from Canadian! KJ was a server was the main reason I went. I do usually go up before & watch the entrance of the kids. There was a black jag, 3 black stangs, a limo, a classic, and a PRETTY new John Deere tractor, the fire truck. The theme was Las Vegas. Well, I believe I am going to put my tenacity on hold since I'm not getting anywhere and go to bed. Maybe I'll figure out where my playlist is coming from when I close down my computer. We are going to Dumas tomorrow for Royce's mom's birthday & Mother's day. Toodles from C

Titus 2 Tuesday on Wednesday

My 3rd Titus 2 Woman is my middle daughter, Keri Elizabeth. She has studied the Bible intensively and with hunger since she has been in college. She, like I wish I could, can quote scripture and tell you where to find scriptures. Her walk with Christ, our King, has been a courageous, amazing experience that I so admire! She is definitely a strong, Christian woman. She has led many Bible studies as well as been a part of many. She has been a mentor to women in her dorm, life, to young teenagers as well as her peers. She is a strong Christian who girls and women can look up to and emulate! Her heart is in missions, and has been strong for Africa since high school. I admire her walk, her life, and her light for our Father, God. Praise you, Keri, for being the leader, daughter, sister, Christian, and now wife who you are!!! I love you dearly, MOM.

Monday Musings

I tried to change my background the other day. The floral on the side IS NOT the "Green Thumb" background, which wound up on my sidebar! Ah, me! Keep working on it. It RAINED & RAINED last night. I SO love the rain. I woke, as many did, around 3:30 to the thunder. Unfortunately, I didn't go back to sleep! & am drowsing off this morning, despite the 2 large cups of hot chocolate I've drank!!! I asked for & RECEIVED 2 snowball bushes, 2 large water soakers & 4 little ones, and a bottle of bubbles for Mother's Day!!! I'm REALLY going to love & talk to the snowball bushes & they are going to flourish! The black thumb IS NOT going to prevail over them!!!! What did you guys ask for & what did you get for Mommy's Day???